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Overview

Devereux Pennsylvania Children's Services is seeking a Maintenance Specialist to perform a variety of maintenance duties including plumbing, carpentry, and electrical work. This role offers opportunities for professional development and is part of a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting individuals with behavioral and developmental challenges.

Responsibilities

  • Perform comprehensive maintenance duties including carpentry, electrical work, painting, patching/plastering, plumbing, welding, HVAC, snow removal, and general repair work.
  • Maintain equipment and tools in proper working conditions and ensure proper storage.
  • Complete work order documentation ensuring information is communicated in an accurate manner.
  • Ensure a safe working environment by following all regulations and report safety concerns immediately.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or General Equivalency Diploma (GED).
  • One year experience in plumbing, carpentry, painting or electrical work or recognized trade.
  • Valid Driver's License required.
  • Ability to perform a variety of physical tasks including lifting, carrying, and using various equipment.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • PTO
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:30am-4:30pm + rotating on call.
  • Benefit eligibility after 30 days of employment.

Benefits

Health Insurance
PTO
401k
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How this job compares in West Chester, PA

Pay in context

At roughly $25/hr, this posting comes in about 15% below the $29/hr median for welding jobs across Pennsylvania, where the middle half runs $25–$36/hr across 168 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 27% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in West Chester, PA

West Chester, PA currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 324 other active welding openings from 214 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in West Chester, or widen the search to Pennsylvania.

The most active employers in Pennsylvania at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Rhoads Industries (13), Greene Tweed (9), and Department of the Navy - Agency Wide (8). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Pennsylvania, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Philadelphia at $36/hr and York at $27/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near West Chester, PA

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Maintenance Specialist figures were last recalculated when this page was built.